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US-7706029

Display apparatus using optical modulator and display method thereof

PublishedApril 27, 2010
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Technical Abstract

A mobile display apparatus using an optical modulator is disclosed, comprising: a sensor sensing a light reflected from a side of a scanning device and then generating a scanning device reference signal specifying a position of the scanning device; and a driving signal control unit generating such scanning device control signal and optical modulator control signal that allow a light emitted from an optical modulator to be reflected in a predetermined area of the scanning device, by synchronizing the scanning device reference signal transferred from the sensor with an image synchronization signal.

Patent Claims
18 claims

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1. A mobile display apparatus using an optical modulator, comprising: a sensor sensing light reflected from a scanning device and then generating a scanning device reference signal specifying a position of the scanning device; and a driving signal control unit generating a scanning device control signal and an optical modulator control signal that allow light emitted from an optical modulator to be reflected in a predetermined area of the scanning device, by synchronizing the scanning device reference signal transferred from the sensor with an image synchronization signal.

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2. The mobile display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image synchronization signal is delayed for a predetermined time to be synchronized with the scanning device reference signal.

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3. The mobile display apparatus of claim 1 further comprises a scanning driver controlling rotation of the scanning device based on a scanning device reference signal or a scanning device control signal from a driving signal control unit.

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4. The mobile display apparatus of claim 1 further comprises an optical modulator control unit controlling the optical modulator by receiving the optical modulator control signal from the driving signal control unit.

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5. The mobile display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scanning device is selected from the group consisting of a polygon mirror and a rotating bar.

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6. The mobile display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor sensing light reflected from the side of the scanning device.

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7. A mobile display apparatus using an optical modulator, comprising: an image input unit receiving an image signal from a mobile terminal; an image data processing unit converting the format of the image signal to a format adequate to the optical modulator-wherein the image signal comprises an image synchronization signal and image data; a sensor sensing a light reflected from a scanning device and then generating a scanning device reference signal specifying a position of the scanning device; and a driving signal control unit generating such scanning device control signal and optical modulator control signal that allow a light emitted from the optical modulator to be reflected in a predetermined area of the scanning device by synchronizing the scanning device reference signal transferred from the sensor with an image synchronization signal converted in the image data processing unit.

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8. The mobile display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the image synchronization signal is delayed for a predetermined time to be synchronized with the scanning device reference signal.

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9. The mobile display apparatus of claim 7 further comprises a scanning driver controlling a rotation of the scanning device by receiving the scanning device reference signal or the scanning device control signal from the driving signal control unit.

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10. The mobile display apparatus of claim 7 further comprises an optical modulator control unit controlling the optical modulator by receiving the optical modulator control signal from the driving signal control unit.

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11. The mobile display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the scanning device is selected from the group consisting of a polygon mirror and a rotating bar.

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12. The mobile display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the sensor sensing light reflected from the side of the scanning device.

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13. A display method using an optical modulator comprising: transferring an image signal from a mobile terminal to an image input unit; converting a format of the image signal to a format adequate to an optical modulator, by an image data processing unit; sensing a light reflected from a scanning device and then generating a scanning device reference signal specifying a position of the scanning device, by a sensor: and generating such scanning device control signal and optical modulator control signal that allow a light emitted from the optical modulator to be reflected in a predetermined area of the scanning device, by synchronizing the scanning device reference signal transferred from the sensor with an image synchronization signal converted in the image data processing unit, by a driving signal control unit.

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14. The display method of claim 13 , wherein the image synchronization signal is delayed for a predetermined time to be synchronized with the scanning device reference signal.

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15. The display method of claim 13 further comprises controlling a rotation of the scanning device by receiving the scanning device reference signal or the scanning device control signal from the driving signal control unit, by a scanning driver.

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16. The display method of claim 13 further comprises controlling the optical modulator by receiving the optical modulator control signal from the driving signal control unit, by an optical modulator control unit.

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17. The display method of claim 13 , wherein the scanning device is selected from the group consisting of a polygon mirror and a rotating bar.

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18. The display method of claim 17 , wherein the reflected light is sensed from a side of the scanning device.

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September 29, 2006

Publication Date

April 27, 2010

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